CCT300_Lab_10

For Lab 10, I will be doing a media analysis on content displayed between Google News and Wikipedia.com. Both of these websites are very well known, and are often used by people that are looking for information about something.

When it comes to Google products (such as Gmail, News, Voice, Search Engine etc), the company prides itself on providing simple and easy to use applications for free to the public. Each and every one of Google's programs has always had a very clean and uncomplicated interface that anyone can understand quickly. Google News provides great functionality with its website. When I typed in "President Obama," Google News provided the latest newspaper articles, online blogs, videos, etc of what I needed to find. Each content list its source (like NYTimes.com, ABC.com, etc) and tells you what time it was posted online. All the links work perfectly and it comes from reliable sources. Google News is an excellent website as it is very trustworthy in always providing the most up-to-date information from credible sources online.

Wikipedia, on the other hand, is not as reliable as Google News. In terms of functionality, Wikipedia excels at providing simplified information and facts. When I typed in "President Obama," Wikipedia provided information about his early life, academic education, legislative career history, his family life, etc that are all summarized into a few paragraphs. The issue with Wikipedia is the quality of the information reported, since anyone online has the ability to edit the article to his or her likings. This may lead to false information posted on Wikipedia. With the ability (for anyone) to change information within an article on Wikipedia, the material may not be as reliable as an article or news written by a professional editor.